http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/ Birds and Birding in Manitoba, Canada Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:26:11 GMT Liis Veelma http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14348 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14348 This afternoon, Monday November 23, around 2:30, an adult Bald Eagle was standing on a good sized entree in the water close to the east shore of Mazenod pond. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:17:40 GMT kris1@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14347 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14347 Hi all: The Red-bellied Woodpecker was in the yard west of the house at 67 Deer Lodge Place this afternoon around 4:30. after unsuccessful attempts yesterday Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:54:17 GMT Frank Machovec http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14346 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14346 I have just added Stuart Oikawa's photograph of a Great Horned Owl at http://www.manitobanature.ca/MB_birds/misc/GHOW_09.htm Frank Machovec Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:34:26 GMT Rob Parsons http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14345 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14345 Hi all, After many attempts, I finally connected with the Red-bellied Woodpecker this morning (Monday, November 23). It was initially in the front yard at 27 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:15:59 GMT Gene Walz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14344 A leisurely stroll around St. Vital Park yesterday (Sunday) produced no rare birds, but I did have an unusually large number of the natives. Ten White-breasted Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:20:17 GMT ken.kingdon@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14343 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14343 I observed a SEOW flying over a stubble field north of Strathclair. There also seems to be a lot of Bald Eagles around, facilitated by the deer hunting season Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:32:00 GMT Linda http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14342 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14342 Betty Lavender, Annelies Kaufmann, Katharine Schulz and I went to Oak Hammock area this afternoon. We saw one Snowy owl near the drainage ditch north of the Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:45:04 GMT Andrew Davis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14341 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14341 Hello all, While I was out and about today I came across a flock of 5 or so Red Crossbills in the Sandilands Provincial Forest, east of Winnipeg.  On Forestry Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:31:49 GMT Liis Veelma http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14340 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14340 Finally this Sunday afternoon, Jo Swartz found at least one flying Short-eared Owl on 12E, and it, or another, perched on a fencepost shortly thereafter. We Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:25:05 GMT robert robinson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14339 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14339 Hi, This afternoon I took a drive out to Victoria beach to look for the duck Harlequins . Thanks To Mr Parsons,Mr Garry Budyk ,and Mr John Weire for the Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:46:45 GMT stuartoikawa http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14338 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14338 Good Day All, I have uploaded two photos of a Sora Rail taken today, November 22/09, at Fort Whyte Alive, Winnipeg, to my photo album. Cheers, Stuart Oikawa, Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:08:22 GMT dvdrtt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14337 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14337 I saw a snowy owl in the Carrot Valley south/west of The Pas this evening. He was mostly white with sparse dark markings on the wings and back. David Raitt Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:18:16 GMT Alfred Aug http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14336 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14336 Stuart Oikawa informed me that a couple came out to Fort Whyte 0n Saturday looking for the Sora Rails but had no luck in seeing them. I'm happy to report they Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:23:29 GMT Ray Iverson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14335 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14335 Hi all.After 3 or 4 tries i finally saw the R>B>Woodpecker this morning at 9.10am where Christian said he saw it on Deer Lodge Place.Right in the corner of Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:18:04 GMT John Weier http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14334 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manitobabirds/message/14334 I had a very work-busy Saturday, and my Sunday was looking as though it wouldn't be much different. So I thought I probably wouldn't get out to try for the